In September 2013 the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia has brought charges against the former Governor of the President of Georgia in Mtskheta-Mtianeti Tsezar Chocheli for fraud and money laundering. Due to high public interest towards the case, Transparency International (TI) Georgia has studied the case circumstances.
TBILISI, 22 August 2013 – Since February 2013 Transparency International Georgia has monitored court hearings on high-profile criminal cases. This report covers the period from February 2013 until 19 July 2013.
The Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia is in need of various reforms. For years, the main aim of its statutes was to increase the rights of the investigative bodies and the current version of the law does not ensure equal procedure rights to the participating parties of the litigation.
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Tbilisi, 14th of June – Transparency International Georgia presents the results of a four month court monitoring project. After monitoring 252 hearings on 108 cases, TI Georgia has revealed the strong and weak aspects of the judiciary concerning their procedures used at administrative hearings. The following findings are positive observations: